Historical abortion statistics, Slovenia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Slovenia

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 26 November 2023

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Live births.
Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women ages 15-49.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Slovenia regional level data also available here.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
1946	28,599
1947	31,312
1948	31,538
1949	33,284
1950	35,992
1951	34,819
1952	34,165
1953	33,754
1954	31,828
1955	32,096	441	441	(441)		441	5,000			13.7	13.7	1.36	1.36
1956	31,466	800	800	(800)		800	4,600			25.4	25.4	2.48	2.48
1957	30,086	2,200	2,200	(2,200)		2,200	5,600			73.1	73.1	6.81	6.81
1958	28,200	4,700	4,700	(4,700)		4,700	6,000			166.7	166.7	14.29	14.29
1959	28,429	6,400	6,400	(6,400)		6,400	5,200			225.1	225.1	18.38	18.38
1960	27,825	8,229	8,229	(8,229)		8,229	5,500		401	295.7	295.7	22.82	22.82
1961	28,955	9,300	9,300	(9,300)		9,300	5,600		378	321.2	321.2	24.31	24.31
1962	29,035	9,500	9,500	(9,500)		9,500	5,600		325	327.2	327.2	24.65	24.65
1963	29,174	9,400	9,400	(9,400)		9,400	6,100		316	322.2	322.2	24.37	24.37
1964	29,184	9,400	9,400	(9,400)		9,400	6,000		287	322.1	322.1	24.36	24.36
1965	30,587	9,904	9,904	(9,904)		9,904	6,083		326	323.8	323.8	24.46	24.46
1966	30,941		(10,000)						311
1967	29,824	10,100	10,100	(10,100)		10,100			287	338.7	338.7	25.30	25.30
1968	28,580	(9,300)	(9,300)	(9,300)		9,300			303	325.4	325.4	24.55	24.55	20.6
1969	27,883	(8,600)	(8,600)	(8,600)		8,600			276	308.4	308.4	23.57	23.57	18.9
1970	27,432	8,505	8,505	(8,505)		8,505	3,541		222	310.0	310.0	23.67	23.67	18.7
1971	27,432	(9,100)	(9,100)	(9,100)		9,100	12,593		201	331.7	331.7	24.91	24.91	19.9
1972	28,713	(9,200)	(9,200)	(9,200)		9,200			234	320.4	320.4	24.27	24.27	19.9
1973	29,548	(9,500)	(9,500)	(9,500)		9,500			205	321.5	321.5	24.33	24.33	20.5
1974	28,625	(8,800)	(8,800)	(8,800)		8,800			193	307.4	307.4	23.51	23.51	18.9
1975	29,786	9,063	9,063	(9,063)		9,063	3,273		214	304.3	304.3	23.33	23.33	19.4
1976	30,339	11,000	(11,000)	11,000		11,000			213	362.6	362.6	26.61	26.61	23.8
1977	29,904	(14,200)	(14,200)	(14,200)		14,200			234	474.9	474.9	32.20	32.20	30.8
1978	30,354	(16,100)	(16,100)	(16,100)		16,100			188	530.4	530.4	34.66	34.66	35.1
1979	30,604	16,780	16,780	(16,780)		16,780			178	548.3	548.3	35.41	35.41	36.9
1980	29,819	19,339	18,194	(19,339)		19,339	3,150	2,770	171	648.5	648.5	39.34	39.34	40.3
1981	28,802	19,138	19,138	(19,138)		19,138	23,274	2,703	177	664.5	664.5	39.92	39.92	40.1
1982	27,694	19,744	19,744	(19,744)		19,744		2,519	156	712.9	712.9	41.62	41.62	41.3
1983	26,703	18,623	18,623	(18,623)		18,623		2,623	183	697.4	697.4	41.09	41.09	38.7
1984	26,073	18,591	18,591	(18,591)		18,591		2,417	139	713.0	713.0	41.62	41.62	38.7
1985	25,838	17,960	17,960	(17,960)		17,960		2,261	125	695.1	695.1	41.01	41.01	35.9
1986	25,570	17,988	17,988	(17,988)		17,988		2,297	138	703.5	703.5	41.30	41.30	35.7
1987	25,592	17,742	16,819	(17,742)		17,742		2,546	124	693.3	693.3	40.94	40.94	33.4
1988	25,209	17,355	16,531	(17,355)		17,355		2,029	126	688.4	688.4	40.77	40.77	32.5
1989	23,447	16,546	15,881	(16,546)		16,546		2,058	142	705.7	705.7	41.37	41.37	31.2
1990	22,368	15,454	14,731	(15,454)		15,454		1,939	100	690.9	690.9	40.86	40.86	28.8	38.73
1991	21,583	14,027	14,027	(14,027)		14,027		1,682	106	649.9	649.9	39.39	39.39	27.4	36.72
1992	19,982	13,263	13,258	(13,263)		13,263		1,522	110	663.7	663.7	39.89	39.89	25.4	34.90
1993	19,793	12,154	12,154	(12,154)		12,154		1,419	95	614.1	614.1	38.04	38.04	23.8	32.15
1994	19,463	11,324	11,324	(11,324)		11,324		1,349	104	581.8	581.8	36.78	36.78	22.0	30.09
1995	18,980	10,791	10,791	(10,791)		10,791		1,394	84	568.5	568.5	36.25	36.25	21.0	28.77
1996	18,788	10,400	10,218	(10,400)		10,400		1,254	105	553.5	553.5	35.63	35.63	19.7	27.31
1997	18,165	9,712	9,712	(9,712)		9,712		1,262	89	534.7	534.7	34.84	34.84	18.8	26.05
1998	17,856	9,116	9,116	(9,116)		9,116		1,203	116	510.5	510.5	33.80	33.80	17.6	24.57
1999	17,533	8,707	8,707	(8,707)		8,707		1,245	87	496.6	496.6	33.18	33.18	16.9	23.59
2000	18,180	8,429	8,429	(8,429)		8,429		1,194	68	463.6	463.6	31.68	31.68	16.4	22.98
2001	17,477	7,799	7,799	(7,799)		7,799		938	85	446.2	446.2	30.86	30.86	15.2	21.42
2002	17,501	7,327	7,327	(7,327)		7,327		966	93	418.7	418.7	29.51	29.51	14.3	20.27
2003	17,321	6,873	6,873	(6,873)		6,873		19	94	396.8	396.8	28.41	28.41	16.0	19.17
2004	17,802	6,403	6,403	(6,403)		6,403		14	98	359.7	359.7	26.45	26.45	12.7	18.04
2005	18,088	5,851	5,851	(5,851)		5,851		19	111	323.5	323.5	24.44	24.44	11.7	16.67
2006	18,932	5,632	5,632	(5,632)		5,632			82	297.5	297.5	22.93	22.93	11.3	16.25
2007	19,814	5,176	5,176	(5,176)		5,176			101	261.2	261.2	20.71	20.71	10.5	15.14
2008	21,817	4,946	4,946	(4,946)		4,946			109	226.7	226.7	18.48	18.48	10.1	14.64
2009	21,856	4,653	4,653	(4,653)		4,653			119	212.9	212.9	17.55	17.55	9.6	13.89
2010	22,343	4,328	4,328	(4,328)		4,328			100	193.7	193.7	16.23	16.23	9.0	13.04
2011	21,947	4,263	4,263	(4,263)		4,263			112	194.2	194.2	16.26	16.26	9.0	12.99
2012	21,938	4,106	4,106	(4,106)		4,106			95	187.2	187.2	15.77	15.77	8.8	12.68
2013	21,111	4,011	4,011	(4,011)		4,011			98	190.0	190.0	15.97	15.97	8.7	12.59
2014	21,165	4,060	4,060	(4,060)		4,060			89	191.8	191.8	16.10	16.10	8.7	12.98
2015	20,641	3,682	3,682	(3,682)		3,682			99	178.4	178.4	15.14	15.14	8.2	12.00
2016	20,345	3,736	3,736	(3,736)		3,736			98	183.6	183.6	15.51	15.51	8.4	12.44
2017	20,241	3,529	3,529	(3,529)		3,529			99	174.3	174.3	14.85	14.85	8.1	12.01
2018	19,585	3,474	3,474	(3,474)		3,474			84	177.4	177.4	15.07	15.07	8.1	12.08
2019	19,328	3,275	3,275	(3,275)		3,275			87	169.4	169.4	14.49	14.49	7.7	11.63
2020	18,767	2,945	2,945	(2,945)		2,945			114	156.9	156.9	13.56	13.56	6.9	10.67
2021	18,984	2,926	2,926	(2,626)		2,926				154.1	154.1	13.35	13.35	6.9	10.81
2022	17,366	2,996	2,996	(2,996)		2,996				172.5	172.5	14.71	14.71		11.25
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)

Notes:

Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

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